Cookie Monster is a twist on outdoor recess favorite: tag. This fun variation encourages careful attention to the rules—and lots of running! Cookie Monster is great for younger students in a medium to large playground space. It’s a game one of our coaches loves so much, he tells students to call him Coach Cookie Monster!

 

Who: Grades K-2

Players: 15+

Time: 25+ minutes

Where: Large playground

 

EQUIPMENT:

  • None

 

SET-UP:

  • Students form a line

 

 

HOW TO PLAY:

  • Line up! You are the “Cookies” and I am the “Cookie Monster.”
  • “Cookies” must get to the other side without getting tagged by the “Cookie Monster.”
  • To start, say “Cookie Monster, Cookie Monster are you hungry?”
  • If I say “yes”, run across.
  • If I say “no”, then stay and ask again.
  • If tagged, help me tag other “Cookies” with two fingers.

 

FOR UNDERSTANDING:

  • What do you have to ask the Cookie Monster?
  • What do you do when you are tagged?

 

GAME TIP:

  • Have the last person tagged be the “Cookie Monster.”

 

CONFLICT RESOLUTION TIP:

  • •Make sure students tag lightly with two fingers.

 

INDOOR TIP:

  • Switch to walking to lower the energy of the game.

 

REP IT OUT!

EASY: Walk

MEDIUM: Hop on two feet

HARD: Skip

 

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